Linuparus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–Recent |
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Linuparus trigonus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Achelata |
Family: | Palinuridae |
Genus: |
Linuparus White, 1847 |
External identifiers for Linuparus | |
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Encyclopedia of Life | 13840 |
ITIS | 552948 |
NCBI | 198217 |
WoRMS | 204774 |
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Linuparus is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae. It contains four extant species, and 32 fossil species, ranging from the Early Cretaceous to the Oligocene.L. trigonus is the only extant species also known from the fossil record.